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You can tell because if that form of species originated in a certain area and if the fossil is found in a different area or continent you can tell that the species traveled then the land mass or super continent Pangaea separated and that species landed over there
Example: If a species of animal originated in Africa and that specie was found in South America you can tell that that specie during the Pangaea time that species traveled, died, then the continents divided into the different forms to form the new day land form
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Name two types of evidence for continental drift and give examples of each type?
Plate tectonics and Pangaea you get evidence from ancient climate zones, land features, and fossils
What are two pieces of evidence for continental drift?
1. Fossils that can be found in many continents and cannot be explained for their presence in the present day we live in. (Such as the glossepteris species.) 2. Paleomagnetism
What are the best two place to look for evidence of continental drift?
africa and south america
What are two things that support the continental drift theory?
Two things that supports the continental drift theory are; 1. Fossil. 2. Continent Shapes.
How did seafloor spreading help prove continental drift was true?
Evidence for continental drift is now extensive. Similar plant and animal fossils are found around different continent shores, suggesting that they were once joined. The fossils of the freshwater crocodile, found both in Brazil and South Africa, are one example; another is the discovery of fossils of the aquatic reptile Lystrosaurus from rocks of the same age from locations in South America, Africa, and Antarctica. There is also living evidence --- the same animals being found on two continents. An example of this is a particular earthworm found in South America and South Africa. The complementary arrangement of the facing sides of South America and Africa is obvious, but is a temporary coincidence. In millions of years, seafloor spreading, continental drift, and other forces of tectonophysics will further separate and rotate those two continents. It was this temporary feature which inspired Wegener to study what he defined as continental drift, although he did not live to see his hypothesis become generally accepted. It's generally saying that fossils have been found on landmasses far away from each other but because of seafloor spreading the continents could have once been connected.
What are two forms of evidence used to support the continental drift theory?
The first one is fossils and the second is the unusual jigsaw puzzle of the continents when they were put together.
Name two types of evidence for continental drift and give examples of each type?
Plate tectonics and Pangaea you get evidence from ancient climate zones, land features, and fossils
Why would the fossils of an ocean fish found on two diffrent continents would not be good evidence of continental drift?
Fossil of an ocean fish found on two different continents would not be good evidence of continental drift because Fossils of land animals are a better piece of evidence of continental drift than fish.
What are two pieces of evidence for continental drift?
1. Fossils that can be found in many continents and cannot be explained for their presence in the present day we live in. (Such as the glossepteris species.) 2. Paleomagnetism
What are the best two place to look for evidence of continental drift?
africa and south america
What evidence do you have that the Earths crust is broken into plates?
Easy how come the Himalayas split into two? animal fossils are found in countrys they don't belong all the contries connect together. Just search continental drift patterns or sumthin
Why would the fossil of an ocean fish found on two different continents not be good evidence for continental drift?
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What are two things that support the continental drift theory?
Two things that supports the continental drift theory are; 1. Fossil. 2. Continent Shapes.
How did seafloor spreading help prove continental drift was true?
Evidence for continental drift is now extensive. Similar plant and animal fossils are found around different continent shores, suggesting that they were once joined. The fossils of the freshwater crocodile, found both in Brazil and South Africa, are one example; another is the discovery of fossils of the aquatic reptile Lystrosaurus from rocks of the same age from locations in South America, Africa, and Antarctica. There is also living evidence --- the same animals being found on two continents. An example of this is a particular earthworm found in South America and South Africa. The complementary arrangement of the facing sides of South America and Africa is obvious, but is a temporary coincidence. In millions of years, seafloor spreading, continental drift, and other forces of tectonophysics will further separate and rotate those two continents. It was this temporary feature which inspired Wegener to study what he defined as continental drift, although he did not live to see his hypothesis become generally accepted. It's generally saying that fossils have been found on landmasses far away from each other but because of seafloor spreading the continents could have once been connected.
Name two pieces of evidence that scientists have used to base the Continental Drift Theory on?
i dont even kno ok you people shouldf know
Two contradictory beliefs to continental drift?
i looked for this answer for an hour
What two ways is the plate tectonic theory different from the ideas of the continental drift?
It isnt its the same thing-plate tectonics create the idea of continental drift.
